The “Man VS Machine” Competition is a Forex trading contest that pits humans against automated bots(”Expert Advisors”) in a 10 week competition to see who earns the most! The competition begins Jan. 10, 2010, and lasts ten weeks.
Anybody aged 18 or over is eligible to participate in the Competition.
The contest will have two categories: Each participant will choose between the category MAN or the category MACHINE and based on that will either trade manually or employ an Expert Advisor.
Scalping is prohibited: if the profits in 25% of trades made by the end of the contest are detected to range within the spread, the Participant will be disqualified.
The initial “virtual deposit” is defined as USD 50 000, leverage 1:100. 
PRIZES:
Six winners will receive live Forex trading accounts in the following amounts*:
- 1st prize: Overall competition winner receives $50,000 trading account.
- 2nd prize: Best in the non-winning category(Man/Machine) receives $30,000 trading account.
- 3rd and 4th prizes: 2nd best in “Man” category and 2nd best in “Machine” category each receive one $15,000 trading account.
- 5th and 6th prizes: 3rd best in “Man” category and 3rd best in “Machine” category each receive one $5,000 trading account.
More details at Man Versus Machine Forex Competition Boston Technologies